March 20, 2026 @ 7:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Global cybercrime fighters registered a significant win recently, when the FBI and Europol dismantled LeakBase, a Dark Web forum used to trade stolen credentials at scale. But while it’s a definite win, information once posted on LeakBase likely remains in circulation. NordVPN’s chief technology officer… Read More

March 20, 2026 @ 2:57 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Oasis Security, a developer of Non-Human Identity and agentic access governance, this week announced $120 million in Series B funding led by Craft Ventures, with participation from existing investors Cyberstarts, Sequoia Capital, and Accel. It brings total funding to $195 million. The round reflects the… Read More

March 20, 2026 @ 8:36 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Obin AI, an enterprise AI company building an agentic workforce for financial institutions, has raised $7 million in seed funding led by Motive Partners. The round also includes participation from angel investors and advisors Dr. Fei-Fei Li and Lukasz Kaiser, figures in both foundational AI… Read More

March 19, 2026 @ 4:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Native has emerged from stealth with $42 million in funding, introducing what it calls the first cloud security control plane: a platform that translates security intent into enforceable, secure-by-design cloud architecture that continuously adapts across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The… Read More

March 19, 2026 @ 11:50 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedStone, a blockchain oracle provider, is live on Tempo. Tempo is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain designed around instant settlement, predictable fees, guaranteed blockspace for payment flows, and native stablecoin transactions built for real-world commerce. Its launch partners include Anthropic, DoorDash, Mastercard, Nubank, OpenAI, Ramp,… Read More

March 16, 2026 @ 10:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Web3 had plenty to say about stablecoins, legislation, crypto and their intersection this week. Read below to find out more. Bitcoin “This is indeed notable. In prior geopolitical shocks, BTC could register 5-10% drawdowns, so this time is at the high end of the… Read More

March 16, 2026 @ 6:42 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Rogo, an AI platform used by financial institutions, has acquired Offset, an AI agent company founded by Raj Khare and Shiv Shrivastava. Offset develops learning agents designed to operate directly inside financial workflows across investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, and corporate finance. With the… Read More

March 16, 2026 @ 3:06 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Coreworks AI has opened the early waitlist for its AI SuperAnalyst, a new set of autonomous agents that transform business data into complete finished presentations and reports with fully traceable numbers in minutes. It also confirmed a $5 million seed round, led by the Together… Read More

March 16, 2026 @ 1:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Yellow, an ecosystem dedicated to real-time, non-custodial cross-chain trading, this week announced the successful launch of its proprietary trading platform and $YELLOW token. The launch delivers Yellow’s vision of an exchange that combines the speed of a centralized exchange (CEX) with the security of a… Read More

March 15, 2026 @ 11:32 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

FutureVault, a provider of enterprise digital vaults and intelligent document processing platforms for financial services, has launched AI Advisor Insights Engine, a service transforming client documents into real-time intelligence and automated advisor workflows by leveraging embedded Artificial Intelligence and private LLMs. The Advisor Insights Engine unlocks actionable insights… Read More

March 15, 2026 @ 11:29 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Accertify, a unified risk decisioning platform provider, today announced the launch of Attack State, a new capability within its Account Protection solution that helps organizations detect and respond to coordinated login attacks and other automated threats targeting customer accounts. Attack State analyzes login activity continuously… Read More

March 15, 2026 @ 10:26 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ramp has acquired Billhop, a Stockholm- and London-based payments platform licensed in the UK and Sweden. The acquisition deepens the company’s support for customers operating in the UK and Europe. Additionally, Ramp will open its first international offices in London and Stockholm. Nearly half of… Read More

March 15, 2026 @ 9:25 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

RedotPay, a global stablecoin-based payment fintech, has expanded its global regulatory framework through licensing milestones in Argentina, Canada, and the United States. It secured a Money Services Business (MSB) registration in Canada, a FinCEN MSB in the U.S., and a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP)… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 4:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) adoption continues to grow rapidly, with 37% of consumers in the United States making a purchase using this method in the past 90 days. That is a five-percentage-point increase in just one year. According to the JD Power 2026 U.S…. Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 8:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Onbe, a corporate disbursements platform, this week released findings of the Spring 2026 Patient Refund Survey, revealing strong patient preference for digital refunds.  According to Onbe’s research, 83% of respondents stated that faster digital payments would improve satisfaction with their healthcare provider, a 13% increase from… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 8:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ncontracts, a provider of integrated compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions to the financial services industry, recently released the 2026 State of Third-Party Risk Management Survey. It reveals that for the first time, financial institutions rank AI risk on par with cybersecurity as their top… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 5:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ark Labs has raised $5.2 million in a seed round to unlock Bitcoin capital using its flagship technology, Arkade. The round includes Tether, Ego Death Capital, Epoch VC, Lion26, Sats Ventures, and Contribution Capital, with participation from Anchorage Digital, Ralph Ho (former VP of finance at PayPal), and other digital asset and… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 3:01 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bold Security has emerged from stealth and announced a $40 million funding round with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Picture Capital, and Red Dot Capital Partners.  The company focuses on what workers and AI tools are actually doing on enterprise edge devices, and reduces risk… Read More

March 13, 2026 @ 2:40 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitget Wallet has integrated with the Stellar Network to advance stablecoin-based payment infrastructure. The integration marks a key expansion of the company’s payment infrastructure designed to align blockchains, stablecoin issuers, wallets, and payment networks. Integrating the Stellar network expands real-world crypto utility with speed and… Read More

March 12, 2026 @ 7:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

InformedIQ, a developer of AI-based software for income and employment verifications, has released the results of an industry-wide survey, presented to more than 2,500 auto finance professionals. The findings reveal that while fraud levels are reaching new heights, lenders are increasingly wary of generic AI… Read More